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SEO LAT Auto Post <= 2.2.1 — Missing Authorization to File Overwrite/Upload (Remote Code Execution)

CVE-2024-12252Published Jan 6, 2025 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: ≤2.2.1No patch available

What to do until a fix ships

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Severity

Critical9.8

CVSS

9.8

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What does this vector mean?

AV:N Attack vector: Network
AC:L Attack complexity: Low
PR:N Privileges required: None
UI:N User interaction: None
S:U Scope: Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality: High
I:H Integrity: High
A:H Availability: High

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

Required access

No account needed

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

No score

CISA KEV

Not listed

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Am I affected?

SEO LAT Auto Post seo-beginner-auto-post

Affected≤ 2.2.1
PatchedNo fix yet

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.2.1. No fixed version has been released.

Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under SEO LAT Auto Post.
No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
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Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Lucio Sá.

The SEO LAT Auto Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file overwrite due to a missing capability check on the remote_update AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the seo-beginner-auto-post.php file which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

Jan 6, 2025
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Nov 13, 2026
Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers: [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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